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| Reinforcements have arrived |
I want Star Wars Legion to take off in my area but it doesn't seem to go anywhere. Of course the upcoming release of X-Wing 2.0 isn't helping but I have been driving about from gaming store to gaming store in my area and covered an total distance of 120km to see what stock stores where holding. It was pathetic! One shop didn't have the game at all and the owner didn't know about it, to be honest this store is more of a boardgame store but they do have X-Wing. Two stores only had the core set and 1 expansion unit on the shelf. Asking the store owner how Legion was doing they said they sold a couple and then that was about it. The owners didn't seem interested at all in the game and only advised me to go and play X-Wing as that would probably have a decent player base.
But there is hope... The store that is actually closest to me had almost all of the release sets on the shelf and a little Wave 1. I had a good talk with the store owner and I saw he was painting up an imperial force himself. He told me that he also sold a couple of boxes and a few games had been played. however the game wasn't thriving and we were asking ourselves why... This is Star Wars and should be flying off the shelves.
There have been a lot of Star Wars games been put out by fantasy flight and people might have enough by Imperial Assault as a miniature game. Then there is the much anticipated release of X-Wing 2.0 but most of all there isn't a lot of stuff available to buy in the shops and games so far have mostly been using the same units over and over worldwide.
This store has a decent selection of Legion expansions but it's not enough. No Wave 2 or 3 here and they have been ordered by the store owner, it's just not coming on the boat...Although the shop had some expansion sets on the shelf he didn't have the ones I wanted besides the core set. So I ended up buying some paint and will go back to play and buy there in the near future. I'll be back!
In the mean time my crave for new shiny models wasn't stilled. So I went online and ordered some boxes which came in. I still can't get the stuff I really want because that isn't available anywhere. Leia, Fleet troopers & Commandos can't be found anywhere and it took me a while to locate an AT-ST at a reasonable price. The stuff isn't selling because it isn't there. If Fantasy flight are anywhere serious about making this a successful miniature wargame they should realy get their finger out and make an effort.
I want to buy my stuff from my local gaming store to support te store and the game but when they have to wait for months to get the products it will be dead before we see Wave 4....
I support Mox Spellen
Rant out....
Oh, I am very happy with my new stuff. The models look great, neat, sharp and crisp and I'm looking forward painting them. This is what I got to bring my total up to:
2x core set
1x Rebel troopers
1x Han Solo
1x Air Speeder
1x General Veers
1x AT-ST
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| My Star Wars Legion Reinforcements |
Very interesting post. I agree that FFG is not really doing a great job with the launch of this game on several aspects. And yet, Star Wars Legion potential is so huge! I really want to believe there is still Hope ^^
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMaybe I was a bit harsh but I think that wave 1 & 2 products should be on shelves in the shops everywhere. I'm hopeful that once this game has a few more expansions available the player numbers will increase as well. Now people are interested but get bored with playing the same options over and over. Still a great game.
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